General Knowledge Questions

"Forests" is listed in the __________ list given in the Seventh Schedule in the Constitution of India.

In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

Some writers have claimed that the ___________ of persons are incapable of even fairly correct reasoning, pointing to the absurd ideas entertained by the masses of people as a proof _______ the statement. These writers are probably a little radical _______ their views and statements, but one is often struck ______ wonder at the evidences of incapacity for interpreting __________ and impressions on the part of the general public.

as a proof _______ the statement.

Dried fruit like raisins when soaked in water, bulge and get filled with water. What is the scientific reason that explains this daily life event?

Which Kannada writer received the Sahitya Academy Award for his novel 'Swatantryada Ota'?

When a bullet is fired from a gun, the gun moves in the opposite direction. This illustrates Newton's

In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

We get sleepy and wake up, become hungry and thirsty at certain hours, ____________ force of habit. We form the habit of liking a certain chair, or nook, or corner, or path, or desk, and __________ seek this to the exclusion of all others. We ______________ use a particular pitch of voice and type of enunciation in speaking, and this becomes one of our characteristic marks; or we _________ the habit of using barbarisms or solecisms of language in __________, and these cling to us and become an inseparable part of us later in life.

marks; or we _________ the habit of using

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word similar in meaning to the word given.

Requisite

Who among the following is a renowned campaigner against manual scavenging who was recently conferred with the prestigious Magsaysay award?